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Our policy blog is dedicated to the voices and experiences of people with lived experience and professional expertise in planning and delivering accessible homes.
Explore topics such as planning accessible homes, designing wheelchair accessible and inclusive housing, and the transformative power of a home that meets your access needs.
Habinteg has long argued that it’s more efficient in the long term to build purpose-built wheelchair standard and accessible properties, designed from the ground up.
Read We don’t just need funding for adaptations – we need policy to drive delivery of new accessible homes too…
Wheelchair users in the North West fare worst in the search for a home with one new wheelchair user home being planned for every 2,006 people in the region in the next decade, Habinteg research reveals.
Read North West’s local plans propose lowest number of wheelchair user homes in England…
Our director Christina McGill says although the new proposal to strengthen requirements for accessible housing is a step in the right direction , the policy could go further.
Read Government announcement on M4(2) and M4(3) standards in the draft National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF)…
New towns are a not-to-be-missed opportunity to create inclusive communities for health and wellbeing, writes our director Christina McGill.
Read New towns taskforce report lacks a strategy for creating accessible housing for disabled people…We believe that mutual commitment and shared responsibility is key. We are an equal opportunities employer and aim to be an employer of choice. Everything we do is underpinned by our four cultural values. We endeavour to be agile, accountable, ambitious and attentive.
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